November 3, 2023 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Glia, the customer interaction leader unifying Digital Customer Service (DCS), phone and automation on a single platform, is offering new generative AI tools to help financial institutions drive efficiency and improve the customer experience in a safe, secure way. Justin DiPietro, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, automation, Customer Experience, cx, digital technology, digital tranformation, digitalization, financial institutions, generative ai, glia, justin dipietro

November 2, 2023 @ 11:11 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) of Hong Kong has announced a set of groundbreaking initiatives during the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023, aimed at integrating fintech developments with the real economy. The comprehensive plan includes the launch of an Integrated Fund Platform… Read More

 Tagged financial services and the treasury bureau, fintech, fintech week, hong kong, stablecoin

November 2, 2023 @ 9:56 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Funding Societies (Modalku), a unified small and medium enterprises (SME) digital finance platform in Southeast Asia, has announced raising $7.5 million in debt from Norfund, Development Financial Institution (DFI) operated by the Norwegian government. DFIs have played a significant role in impact investments in Southeast… Read More

 Tagged asia, fintech, funding societies, modalku, msmes, singapore

November 2, 2023 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swiss Tennis, the national association that advocates for a strong Swiss tennis community, is cooperating with Sygnum, the digital asset bank, in order “to launch the Swiss Tennis World Champion NFT art collection to support the next generation of tennis players in Switzerland.” Swiss Tennis… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital art, digital technology, digital tokens, europe, nft, nfts, non-fungible tokens, sports, switzerland, sygnum, tennis, thomas eichenberger

November 2, 2023 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Lending LLC and Figure Technologies, Inc., a key player focused on transforming financial services through the power of blockchain technology, announced it has expanded its Partnership business to “include an increased offering under the Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) platform, in addition to the previously launched Wholesale… Read More

 Tagged Business Expansion, digital financial services, digital technology, digitalization, distributed ledger technology, dlt, figure, figure technologies, financial services, lending, lending as a service

November 2, 2023 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, released new data revealing shoppers’ priorities this holiday season. While consumers face continued economic uncertainty, the survey of 2,000 gen pop Americans revealed “they are still planning to spend: 3 in… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, Business Expansion, buy now pay later, consumer behavior, Consumer Preferences, data, digital payments, financial data, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, flexible payments, holiday shopping, insights, payment network, payments, Research Report, Research Study, reserach

November 2, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global spend management platform, Payhawk announces that it has become a principal member of Visa. The membership supports Payhawk’s mission “to simplify business payments, by accelerating new product innovation.” The membership also “supports greater service reliability and resilience for Payhawk customers.” Payhawk’s platform provides businesses… Read More

 Tagged europe, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, hristo borisov, payhawk, spend management, visa

November 2, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Carriers are prioritizing profitability, especially when it comes to fostering innovation, according to Insurance Operations in a Changing Industry, a study published today by Earnix, the global provider of intelligent, SaaS solutions for insurers and banks. The survey of 400 insurance executives “provides insight into… Read More

 Tagged aaron wright, banking, carriers, earnix, innovation, insurance, insurance technology, insurtech, profitability, research, Research Report, Research Study, saas, software as a service

November 2, 2023 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finkargo, the international trade platform empowering small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with global sourcing, trade services and embedded financing, announced a $20 million Series A financing. The investment round was led by QED Investors, “with the participation of new investor Nazca and existing investors Quona,… Read More

 Tagged investment round, qed investors, small businesses, smbs, sme's

November 2, 2023 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard’s (NYSE: MA) new borderless payments report reveals consumers globally are setting up side hustles and considering working or living abroad, prompting the acceleration of cross-border payments. Small businesses are also increasingly “reliant on international payment networks with three in five sourcing more suppliers internationally… Read More

 Tagged borderless payments, Cross-Border Transactions, digital transactions, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, insights, international payments, mastercard, remittance payments, remittances, research, Research Report, Research Study